Two Wrongs Do Make A Right

Six years it had been six years since Tina had spoken to or
seen Bette Porter.

She often thought of Bette and hoped that life was treating
her kind. Although she was well aware that she and Bette had split on difficult
terms the last time…she wished her well.

The last time she had saw Bette was the night at Whistler
when she ran with Angie.

Although she had brought Angie back it had not made her any
less angry or lessoned the hurt in her heart.

True she had broken Bette’s heart when she chose Henry over
her to be the other important adult in their child’s life.

But she had never allowed Henry to adopt Angie. She realized
that Henry loved Angie like his own child but something always held Tina back
from taking that final step to separate from her past with Bette.

As Tina thought on this topic for a moment longer she
realized that even after all this time she could still not be completely honest
with herself as to her reasons why.

Although she did not make good on her threat to Bette in
allowing Henry to adopt Angie she did on them becoming a family.

Not long after returning to LA from the disastrous night at
Whistler with Henry’s support she contacted her estranged family.

A few months later Tina, Henry, Angie, and Mikey flew to
North Carolina for a visit.

Tina’s family was welcoming and warm to the new changes in
Tina’s life. They treated Henry like the son-in-law they had always wished for.
Angie and Mikey were accepted with open arms and Tina’s parents and siblings
immediately became proud grandparents and aunts and uncles.

You know the kind of relatives who carry a photo album of
pictures in their wallets.

It felt good to Tina to be back in her families good graces
and she was sure now that Bette was no longer a part of her and Angie’s life
the extended family connection would certainly aid Angie in her growth in the
future.

In fact things were going so well for Henry and Tina that he
proposed to her and expressed his desire to move to North Carolina with his new
family.

At first Tina thought this might be impossible because he
shared custody of Mikey with his ex wife. But Henry was so certain that this
was what he wanted for him and Tina that he hired a top notch lawyer and gained
full custody of his son but allowed his ex wife to have very liberal visitation
especially during the summer months and was given the ok to move out of state
with the child.